What is amylin?
amylin is a peptide hormone, relaxed with a pancreas in response to food consumption. This hormone, which was not discovered until 1987, is released at the same time as insulin, but in different quantities. Its function is to help in the digestive process by helping to control the speed of digestion.
The complete range of amylin functions is not well known. Its main function has been determined to help slow down the speed at which the food is troubled and glucose is released into the bloodstream. It acts as an insulin control and tries to alleviate the metabolism of glucose in muscle tissue, which is stimulated by insulin.
Amylin is known to work with the brain during the digestive process. Part of its function is to help slow the emptying of the stomach and inhibition of gastric acid secretion, bile and pancreatic enzymes. This final effect of the process is to stabilize the release of glycogen into the bloodstream, prevent sudden spikes and drops of blood sugar levels.
When insulin is released into the bloodstream in responseFor food ingestion, the ratio is about 1 part of amylin K 100 parts insulin. If these numbers are out of balance, the result is health problems, especially diabetes. The exact importance of amylin in diabetes is the subject of ongoing studies, although it is clear that the connection is significant.
It was found that people who have type 1 or 2 diabetes have a lack of amylin. Because amylin helps to suppress the effects of eating on blood sugar, people without sufficient amount of this hormonal peptide are not able to maintain blood sugar levels after eating. It is likely that this deficiency is an important part of the reason that people with diabetes have a very high level of blood sugar after a meal.
Because amylin is so important to control blood sugar levels, its lack helps to explain why even with insulnenempilles or shots, people are not always able to control blood sugar, especially PAbout food. However, there are now synthetic versions of this important peptide, and these, combined with other drugs, show useful in overall blood sugar levels. Diabetics who experience blood sugar spikes immediately after eating may, despite the use of insulin, benefit synthetic amylin and can discuss this possibility with their doctors.